The Sun. — London, England, 1864-10-14 00:00:00

The k'rince and Princess of Wales in Sweden. (Front the Times' Special Correspondent.) ELSINORE, Sunday Evening, Oct. 9. About 12 o'clock today his Royal Highness the Prince Oscar of Sweden, accompanied' by the Prin.. ccss Sophia, his wife, a lady in waiting, and two members of his own suite, crossed from the Swedish coast to Elsinore with a view of paying a visit to the Royal family assembled at Fredensborg. Since Thursday last, when he landed from the Royal yacht Osborne, Prince Oscar has been staying with his family in Scania. The Princess Sophia was not in Stockholm at the time of the visit by the mem bers of the English Royal party, and hence no doubt to some extent the motive for the present trip to Denmark, From Helsingborg, the Swedish to Hul singor—as we call it, Elsinore—the Danish port opposite, the distance is almost as trifling as the difference in spelling. A narrow channel of three or four miles divides the two countries, and the pretty little packet steamer Ophelia, alive with Swedish and Danish flags, carried the illustrious visitors across these straits, on which there was not a ripple, in a very few minutes, Three royal carriages, with one of the principal officers of .the Danish household, were waiting at the point of disembarkation to con vey the party to Fredensborg, and the numerous gathering at the pierhead and along the jetty re ceived their Royal Highnesses with much respect and cordiality. In one point of view, if in no other, it was well the Crown Princess of Sweden undertook the fatigue of this journey. Hers is one of those beaming, intelligent, amiable faces where the charm comes from within, and where beauty is concen trated in the expression. This expression is precisely what the photographers have never succeeded in transferring to paper, and yet without it a likeness is the landscape without sunshine, a statue and not the living figure. At Fredensborg on the arrival of their Royal Highnesses there was a constellation of heirs to European thrones such as rarely gathers under a single roof. No less than four heirs apparent or heirs presumptive were brought together here— namely, those of England, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark itself. Of that number three either are, or speedily will be, members of the family of the King of Denmark, whose eldest son, moreover, occupies the throne of Greece. The branch of Schleswig Holstein-SonderburgsGlucksburg may be new among the reigning dynasties of Europe, and for the time plunged in efftictiag circumstances, but " Felix Austria" herself has not contracted alliances more brilliant or of greater ultimate promise. A passage from the Psalms of this day, as read in the course of the English service, must have seemed to those who knew of the gathering at Fredensborg to possess an application that a Royal preacher might have turned to account—" Instead of thy fathers thou shalt have children, whom thou mayest make princes in all lands." Pa. 45, v. 17. About half-past 6 o'clock Prince Oscar, having paid his visit to the Castle of Fredensborg, returned to Elsinore, and was received by the principal authorities of the town and by a guard of honour of the 15th Regiment, one which particularly distin guished itself during the late war. The Prince, ac companied by the Princess Sophia and the members of his suite, alighted from the Royal carriages at the end of the quay, and, preceded by two torch bearers, walked in the direction of the Royal yacht Osborne, the Crown Princess of S weden having ex pressed a desire to see the interior of the vessel in which her hasband travelled from Gottenburg with the members of the English Royal family. Captain Bower, R.N., apprised of this intention, caused the gangway to be lighted up with large ships' lanterns, and burnt blae lights over the side, thereby illuminating the whole of the quay, and, so to speak, extinguishing the light of the torches, which before had looked very picturesque, ad vancing through the darkness at the head of the miniature procession. As the steamer Ophelia was to leave almost immediately for Hslsing borg, there was not time for more than a hasty look round the yacht, but the Princess seemed much gratified at ail that was shown her, and conversed in excellent English with the principal officers. As the RoTil party were on the point of taking their departure, Prince Oscar was requested to add to his former kindness in Stockholm by " giving a look back at them as he rounded the point of the pier," an invitation with which he readily undertook to comply. The Royal carriages conveyed the illus trious Swedish visitors from the side of the harbour nearest the Osborne to the opposite extremity,where the Ophelia lay, and here they were received as they went on board with presented arms by the guard of honour, the band performing some Swedish national airs. Moat of the officers in command appeared to be known to Prince o:car, who stopped and spoke to them before following the Princess and her at. tendants oa board. Oa turning round to do so he in turn received the respectful salutations of the by standers. When the presence of the silver-laced cap and towering plume of the running footman upon the deck of the steamer announced that the Royal lady in whose service he was had taken up the posi tion she desired to occupy during the passage across to Helsiagborg, the steamer put out to sea, and in rounding the pier at the mouth of the harbour was very cordially cheered, Prince Oscar, from his known sympathies with the Scandinavian cause, being very popular with a large proportion of the people of Danmark. At the same momenta volley of rockets from the Osborne startled the whole assembly, who were not expecting anything of the kind, and simultaneously with their descent the outline of the yacht's side and paddleboxes became studded with blue lights. The night was by no means clear, and this dazzling line of fire and the lights in the cabin windows, reflected in the still water of the harbour, glowed and glittered like double lines of brilliants. Half the beauty of the illumi nation lay in its suddenness and in the fact that no one had known of any preparations. The pier oppo site the yacht was black with people who came to witness the embarkation merely, and among them the gratified murmur of " Smu k, smuk," the popular expression as to anything beautiful or the sight of Which gives pleasure, showed how well a lively na tion appreciated this parting compliment paid by the English to the head of the Swedish navy, and probably one of the most active thinkers in all Scan dinavia. It is not etiquette in the English service to salute after dark, and the guns of the Aurora were consequently silent, but those of Kronborg Castle, as if they had only been waiting for the signal from the Osborne, flashed and boomed out grancq over the tranquil s e a. Th e li g h ts on b oard the yacht con tinued to burn till the salute from the fort was ended, and then, with a parting flight of rockets which fell crackling and sparkling in all directions, the line of fire disappeared as suddenly as it had been kindled, and all was darkness and tranquillity in the harbour of Elsinore. Hunt-dinners are always among the most pleasant reunions, and yesterday's was no exception to the rule. There is something in the enjoyment in com mon of the pursuit of the chase which predisposes men to pass their time agreeably together, and when there is anything like a traditional observance tacked on to the proper business of the meeting—some cus tom, or even, it may be, some extravagance, which has about it the flavour of centuries—additional zest is given to the pursuits in which they all en gage. In Denmark there is an observance upon which it wo u ld be easy to moralise in the spirit of Bacon's " Wisdom of the Ancients," with a view of showing how profoundly the men of former times were impressed with the necessity of giving to high . and low a joint interest i n th e ma nly occupation of the chase, of checkin g th e was t e of ammuni tion, and of promoting the skilful use of fire.. arms- The fa c t, h owever , p ro b a bl y i s t h a t it w as invented originally as a clever joke, and has been handed down as a humorous game of forfeits. The pro cess cons yste i n the administration of a rude kind of forest law among the hunters themselves. Immediately after dinner everyone who has taken part in the day' Chasse is called and upon to answer truly as to his proceedings what judged according to his performances, be these .they may. The func tionary, who is called Peacarrel' begins with the personages highest in rank at table . How shots has been fired during the d ay ? So many. What results were achieved by the sh o t s as shown by the contents of this bag ? So many hares, so many foxes, so many stags, as the case may bee "It is clear from these answers," sums up the Fiscarrel, " that so many shots must have been thrown away. Nov-, powder and shot are valuable commodities, and the resources of the kingdom must be ecencmised ; therefore, the off_ Eder is ad judged to pay a fine (calculated according to certain data) for each of his misses." Perhaps the unlucky chasseur pleads that although he only killed so many birds or beasts outright, his shots were practically not thrown away, inasmuch as others not included in the return were " winged" by him, The Fis carrel will not let him cff on such a plea. "By the offender's own admission he has put creatures to useless torture—accordingly he is adjudged to pay so many marks additional." It is equally hopeless to take refuge in silence or blank forgetfulness. Refusals to answer are construed as so many admix• sions of failure and taxed accordingly, over and above which there are pains and penalties for " contempt of court," and if any unlucky wight is detected, wittingly or unwittingly, in an attempt to appropriate anybody else's bird this is the worst and most expensive crime of all. When justice has been satisfied as to the conduct of all parties there is usually a good round sum collected, and this is handed over with all due form for the benefit of the beaters and others engaged in catering for the day's sport. It has now been finally arranged that the infant Prince, Albert Victor, shall start from here on Tuesday next about 2 o'clock a.m., in the Osborne, under the charge of Dr Sieveking. As a Prince of the blood Royal he will of course be entitled to a salute at his departure, unconscious of the honour though he may be, The attention, or, more properly speaking, the interest of his Royal Highness will centre in something much more commonplace than discharges of artillery—namely, in the cow which is to be honoured with a passage in the Royal ship. The route contemplated is by the Royal yacht from here to Lubeck, and thence, with a view of shorten■ ing the sea journey as much as possible, by railway and steamer to Hamburg. The long and trying passage round the point of Jutland will thus be avoided, and a tolerably straight run attained from Hamburg across to Hull. According to this plan, however, two vessels will obviously be required, as in the analogous case of the break at the Isthmus of Suez in the Peninsular and Oriental line of naviga tion. To perform the latter part of the journey her Majesty's ship Salamis has already left Elsinore, and will be in Hamburg coaled and ready to proceed immediately before the arrival of Prince Albert Victor. From Hull his Royal Highness will be conveyed as expeditiously as possible to the High lands, where his arrival is looked forward to with much eagerness by her Majesty Queen Victoria. The Salamis having arrived in English waters will not again return to this country. The Osborne, on the other hand, having discharged her mission, will proceed to Copenhagen, and there await the plea sure and ultimate decision of the Prince and Prin cess of Wales as to their homeward route. All arrangements affecting the Russian Grand Duke are naturally talked about as little as pos sible, bat it is believed that he, too, will leave Denmark on Tuesday next. Mysterious Death of a Female at Bow, Yesterday afternoon Mr John Humphreys, the Middlesex coroner, opened an inquiry at the Rose and Crown Tavern, High-street, Bromley, respecting the death of Elizabeth Jennings, aged 17 years, who it was alleged had died from v ilful drowning, under the following circumstances :-- Hoary Sims Jennings, of No. 2, Upper Park-street, Bromley, said that the deceased was his sister, and she was a crinoline maker. The deceased had been keeping company with Joseph Dean, a hammerman employed at the Thames Iron Works, Victoria Docks. William Fletcher, of Three Mill-lane, Bromley, said that he was lock-keeper employed on the River Lea, Bromley Locks. On Monday evening last, about nine o'clock, he saw the deceased and the man Dean pass him along the towing path. About twenty minutes afterwards he heard the voice of a man, who called " Help, help." He went to the spot with a pole and the drags, and when he reached the place from whence the sound came he found several persons on the bank. He was then informed that a female was in the water, and witness saw the man Dean on the bank. Witness threw in the drags and fund, with the aid of a boat, the body of the decease& Witness addressed the man and said to him, " Wny, you passed me with her a little while back. , ' The bank where deceased was found was slanting towards the water, and the width at that spot was about twelve feet. There was water on the other slde, and that was also navigated. The usual place for the f , ot passengers was on the towing path. When the body was got out a surgeon was sent for, who pronounced life extinct. The water where deceased was found was thick and foul. Charles Blane, of the Delivery Office, Bromley Locks, stated that on the night in question he heard a cry of some person in distress. It was about a quarter past nine o'clock, and when he went along the Lank he found the man Dean in great trouble, and calling out for help. Ha said, " She is gone, she is gone." Witness hrou6ht him away from the spot, but he said, "No, I will follow her." He asked him why he did not save ber, when he replied, " I would have done so, but I cannot swim." Witness asked Dean how it happened. and he said. "We were walking along larking, when she slipped in. Witness thenwent for the drags, when the body was got out. Emma Jane West, of 7, Elizabeth-street, Bromley, re siding with the deceased—Sne last saw the deceased alive on Monday night about 7 o'clock, as she was leaving work. Witness left her with the man Dean and Alfred Heather, and they appeared to be on good terms. She did not say where she was going to, She never heard deceased threaten to destroy herself, nor had she ever complained of the eo n . duct of Dean. The man Dean and witness's brother were not friends, and they had quarrelled abut the deceased, of whom Dean was jealous. Had never heard any one threaten the deceased. Charles West, lodging in the same house with the de ceased, said he hat words with Dean because witness had walked out with deceased. He saw them together on Mon day evening near the distillery. hey were going towards Bromley-hall-fields. Witness watched them because he (witness) heard they were going to have a quarrel. Had known them to have angry words respecting witness, Had never heard Dean threaten her. Witness had seen Dean strike the deceased jokingly, and he watched them because he had heard they were going to have words. When wit ness passed them he did not speak to them, but he stopped behind and watched them. The deceased told witness that she was going to give up the company of the man Dean. Had told a man named Care that he would not give the de ceased up to Dean. George Care, residing in the same house as the last wit ness, stated he met Dean on Monday morning in St Leonard's road. He spoke to witness and said that he had been to Woolwich on the previous day. Dean said, "Did you take Lizzie with you?" Witness said he had not seen her since Frtthy. Dean pulled out a purse and said, while taking out a piece of paper, "This will do rut her." Witness did not know what Dean meant. Could not see any writing on the paper, which did not contain anything. Dr German, of the divisional police, said that the deceased had died from subuil Nion by drowning. Mrs West, the landlady, said that the deceased had com plained of Dean, and had stated that aim was afraid of him. Witness advised her to tell her brothers, who would pro tect her. Acting Inspector Brenchley, 2 K, said that he searched the accused, and found 2s upon him. When the charge was booked he asked him how the deceased got into the water, when he replied " We were larking together on the bank of the River Lea and she was holding a purse in her hand, when I tried to get hold of it and she missed her footing, when she slipped into the water." He added, "I could not save her because I could not swim." The father of Dean stated that the paper which had been ehown to one of the witnesses was a note from the deceased's tether requesting her to go home to Northfleet, where he resided, and Dean was going to her on Monday evening to ehow it to her, The Coroaer summed up the facts adduced, and observed that although there was some mystery as to the manner deceased got into the water, he did not believe there was sufficient evidence to send the case to another tribunal. There had clearly been great jealousy on the part of the accused, owing to the deceased walking out with other young men. The jury, after some consultation, returned a verdict— That the deceased died from drowning by submersion in the water of the River Lea, but how or by what means she came into the water there was not sufficient evioence to prove. FATAL ACCIDENT TO M. JULES GERRARD. Intelligence has been received in Manchester of the death of M Jules Gerard, the celebrated traveller, better known under the name of the " lion-kilhar. M Gerard is said to have been drowned in the river Jong, 120 miles from Sierra Leone. The information comes from the factors of Mr Ellis Ed wards.—Manchestar Courier. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Pills—Enfeebled Ex istence—This medicine embraces every attribute required in a general and domestic remedy. It overturns the foun dation ot disease laid by defectiv e fo o d and impure air. In obstruction anal congestion of the liver, lungs, bowels, or any other organ, these pills are espec iall y serviceable and eminently successful. They should be ke p t in readiness in every family, as they are a medicine without a fault, for young persons and those of feeble constitutions; and tiny never cause pain or irritate the most sensitive nerves or most tender bowels. Holloway's pills are the best knows purifiers of the blood, and the best promoters o f absorption . and secretion which remove all poisonous and obnoxious particles from both 13olids and guide. The Chancellor of the Exchequer in Liverpool. LIVERPOOL, Thursday. Addresses was this afternoon presented to the Chancellor of the Exchequer by the members of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce and the financial Reform Association, in St. George's-hall. It was originally intended that the presen tation should take place in the Town-hall, but the demand for tickets of admission bcing very great, it was found necessary to have recourse to the more ample accommoda tion of St. George's-ball. The vast area of that spacious and most elegant building and the galleries on either side were filled half an hour before the proceedikgs were ap pointed to commence. Previous to the arrival of the right hon. gentleman Mr Best played a voluntary on the magnificent organ at the north end of the hall, which was much applauded by the eagerly expectant throng. At a quarter to 1 o'clock the Mayor, Mr Mozley, made his appearance on the platform, and was loudly cheered. He was accompanied by some of the leading merchants of the town, the High Sheriff (Sir J. Kay Shuttleworth), Mr Gregson, M.P., Mr Horstall, M.P., Mr Hepwood, Mr Robertson Gladstone, &c. A number of ladies were present. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, on presenting himself, was loudly cheered. Mrs Gladstone, who was led by the Mayor to seat on the platform, was received with the most enthusiastic applause. The MAYOR, on taking the chair, briefly stated the ob ject of the meeting, and called en the President of the Chambers of Commerce to present the address of that body. Mr GRAINGER, the President of the Chamber of Com merce, then ruse and said,—When the pleasing news of your intended visit to Liverpool was made public, the general and almost universal thought was how best to welcome to his native town the greatest of her sons. (Cheers.) The Chamber of Commerce immediately instructed me, their President, to invite you to accept their honorary membership, and of a public address em bodying their feelings of respect and admiration. I cannot adequately express my thanks fur your prompt and courteous appreciation of our intentions, You, doubtless, recognised in this Chamber a form of self-help, part of the genius of the English character, which is the foundation of our prosperity as individuals, and of our greatness as a na tion, making us in its development a truly free and self governing people. (Cheers.) Sir, as in those classic ages with which you are so fa.ailiar their heroes proudly wore a simple wreath of laurel as the highest reward of their suc cess, and in these modern days we welcome our country men illustrious iu arts and arms by conferring on them the franchises of our cities and Universities, so now we, the merchants of Liverpool, would honour ourselves and you by enrolling in our Chamber of Commerce the conqueror of financial difficulties, the liberator of commerce, bnd the enlightened friend of the working classes, (Cheers.): The Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, Mr J, R. Jeffrey, having read the addresses, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, who was received with much enthusiasm, all the audience rising to their feet and cheering loudly for several seconds, said—Mr Mayor, Mr High Sheriff, gentlemen presidents of the respective associations, and ladies and gentlemen of Liverpool at large, I hope it is needless for me to assure you that I am deeply grateful for the emphatic marks of your kindnes and con fidence which I have just received. Many long years have separated me from familiarity—l mean general tamilarity, with the community of Liverpool, and Liverpool herself has within these years been more than once I may say multiplied and transformed. When my recollections of her were most familiar she was a town of 100,000 persons, and the silver cloud of smoke which floated above her resembled that which might appear over any secondary borough or village of the country. She has since extended her boundaries and multiplied her population, and you, gentlemen, have given me a proof to-day that the same warmth and energy of spirit which she carries into her commercial pursuits distinguish her in every public proceeding, and animate your breasts with sentiments of generous regard to those upon whose public conduct you are pleased to look with favour and indulgence. (Cheers.) I am the first to recognise, with reference to words that were used by the President of the Chamber of Commerce, the value of associations such as those whose addresses I have had the honour to receive. There have indeed been times, there have and, perhaps, there are still countries where associations formed osten sibly with reference to purposes of trade, industry, or science have been regarded .with jealousy by the authorities in being, I remember, for example, that before the great, and, 1 crust and think, the happy transmutation that has occurred in Italy—(cheers)—it was the custom of those who promote constitutional opinions to form themselves into agricultural associations---(a laugh)—and when meetings of such persons were held—and they comprised pretty nearly the entire intelligence of the country—(cheers) —no doubt these meetings were useful for discussions relating to the progress of agriculture, and it was also strongly, and I believe justly, suspected that much attention was paid on these occasions to what I may venture to term political til lage, and that the field of public questions was very dili gently cultivated. (Cheers.) But, gentlemen, we do not suspect the Chamber of Commerce, nor the Financial Re- torm Association, nor the ass,ciation of the tradesmen of Liverpool of covering under the names they choose to bear ulterior or sinister views. And the reason why we dont suspect them of meditating great political changes, and pun suing them under false pretences, is this, that happily if they did see occasion to me :itate these extended political alterations, there would be nothing in the world in this country to prevent them from plainly saying so, and forming societies with a view to the prosecution of those objects. It is therefore upon these associations, considered as what they rep:esent themselves to be, and as what we all know they are, that I would say one word. Most fully, most cordially do I recognise their value; to their value I would add their importance; to their importance I would add their neces- city—nay, gentlemen, I will go one step further, and I will say that I do not find that value greatly diminished by the fact that, exercising the privileges of free-born Englishmen, they regard economical and fiscal questions from somewhat different points of view. It would be strange indeed if in a community like this, and it on a subject-matter on which it is obvious that progressive change and adaptation to the varying circumstances of different periods are the essential law—it would be strange indeed if in a community like this differences of opinion did not prevail. I cont believe that any Englishman would take a sinister view, or pass an in vidious criticism on such differences; still lass would it become me to attempt to venture anything of the kind on an occasion like this, when, first, I am possessed by a sense of profound acknowledgment for the kindness I receive at your hands, and when, secondly, and yet more, I am pos sessed with a deep conviction that one and the same prin ciple —namely, a desire for continued and progressive im provement, lies at the root of all these addresses. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, it is by these institutions that public opinion is termed and matured. It is among you, it is by your mutual communications, that your ideas are gradually brought into being, under the influence of that light which experience gives you, that they from time to time acquire more and more substantive form and power, until at length—having passed the test of searching and protracted examination by the free press, the free assemblies, and the free conversa tions of this country—they reach to that condition of matu riry which a Legislature may safely and wisely adopt them. (Cheers.) True it is that that process is of necessity a tardy process; true it is that the expectati Ala of the more ardent supporters may be doomed to receive many a lesson of patience and some of disappointment;egbaouotdonifctueiitsthha,elasyroettaraukcee. that in consequence o f the tardiness of that process the e changes epted by the accepted en ii rhaere community,are accepted in and when their place on the statute of the country they become part of the system under which we live. (Cheers.) It may still be open to us further to develops that which we have done, but happily we can say with respect to our legislation gene rally, and especially with regard to legislation of the class more particularly under view, what was said by the ancients of a place that it is needless to name—" There is no back ward road, there are no footsteps turned in the direction of retrogression." (Cheers.) "Onwards" is the motto of Englishmen, and by that motto they abide, (Cheers.) Well now, if I may be permitted one single criticism, and I think it will not be invidious, it will be in illustration of that which I have just stated. The address which has been read by our friend Mr Jeffrey does me a great deal more than justice. It attributes, in common with other addresses, much more than their just value to the labours which I have been enabled to pertorni, but it over-estimates the power which is placed in the hands of the Minister of Finance. The address states, with truth, that I have given my opinion in my place in Parliament, that the tax which still remains applicable to tlae artic.e of corn is a tax that on principle cannot be defendei,and that as far as I know it is not recommended by any such imperative considerations of convenience or public advantage,apart from principles, as to make me, at least for cne, content to recognize it as belong ing to the permanent fiscal system of thecountry. (Cheers.) It would be absurd were I to say that I think it burdensome and grievous, because these are subjects which belong to questions of a graver and more serious character; but I frankly own I know no reason why, when practicable,smaller evils as well as great ones should not be removed. But I am bound to say, having travelled thus far with my friend Mr Jeffrey on the road, that I am not able to accept the doc trine that an error was committed, as the address says, by me, and I must of course say, and in order to speak the truth, by the Administration of the Queen, when we pre ferred to ask the House of Commons for the remission of a penny from the income tax rather than to take off the tax on corn. Now the simple test to which I bring this question is this—Supposing we had not proposed to take a penny off the income tax, but had proposed to remit the is corn duty during the last session of Parliament,—because that is the whole question, the question of time and circumstance, — will Mr Jeffrey guarantee to me that such a proposal made by the Government would have succeeded P (Hear, and a laugh.) Now that is a very fair question, and until Mr Jeffrey comes forward and makes himself fully and bodily responsible—(laughter) —.for a clear, distinct, and satisfac• tory answer to this question, I will waive and adjourn the further discussion of the subject. (Cheers.) Mr Mayor and gentlemen, your kindness has been exercised towards me at a time and at a moment of very great and peculiar interest. I distinguish between the moment and the time, because the very period in which we live, especially the last 20 or 30 years, has been, and the years that are coming promise s' ill to be during the whole of their course, a period of great and peculiar interest. But there also circumstances appli cable to the moment, on which . l will venture to say a word• We are still, if I may presume to use the expressi , n, in the trail of the great cotton famine, because, through the mercy of Providence—first under Him and next by the in comparable spirit of our fellow citizens of Lancashire — the workmen in the first place, and their employers and superiors in station generally in the second, we have, I trust, escaped from what may be termed the bitterness of the affliction. The worst of the calamity we may hope to be passed. But speaking to a commercial rather than to a manufacturing community, I need not do more than simply observe to you that we cannot expect to return from a state so disordered and unnatural with regard to the supply of that great and capital article of industry as that which has prevailed for the last two years to a state that is natural and normal without undergoing much inconveni ence by the way. The great shock of the earthquake has been felt, and the ruin it was destined to work, and the suf. tering it was destined to cause, it has caused. Secondary and minor shocks have yet to be experienced, and it is for you, gentlemen, as a commercial community, to bear speci• ally in mind that influences ought to be exercised in your proceedings by a recollection of the numerous—perhaps the rapid, perhaps the varying and inverted, but certainly the great and considerable—changes that may occur in the course of that downward movement in the price of cotton and that upward movement of the supply which we all con fi lently trust is destined to place the great cotton industry of this country on a basis firmer and broader than it has ever heretofore occupied. (Cheers.) Another circumstance of great and peculiar interest, still more specially belonging to the moment of which we speak, demands a few words from me—l mean the state of the monetary question in its appli cation to the present condition of the money market. Now, gentlemen, this is perhaps of all other subjects the subject that you would least expect me to venture either upon the expression of abstract opinions, or upon a positive or confident indication of inten tions, for there is no matter of greater delicacy, there is no question on which the expression of a rash opinion by a responsible Minister would be less excused by the circum stances of the case or more likely to produce mischief out of all proportion to the good it could possibly contemplate. What I would venture to say, in the first place, is to use the languega of congratulation, for, in my opi nion, if we compare the manner in which the exist ing tightness and dearness of money has been met by the commercial community on this occasion with the manner in which it was met on other occa sions, if we compare the absence of complaint and the absence of agitation, which is now so remarkable with what we have witnessed at other times, we see, I think, in the future of our course the assurance that the commercial mind of Eng land, so to speak, is advancing farther and farther in its education; that the perception of sound principles is grow ing wider and more clear, and above all that the great law of self-dependence, so opposite to dependence on the acts of authority, is more and more becoming the rule of conduct of the British merchant. Our whole monetary history for the last 40 years has been one course of progressively widen ing and extending experience. The Act of 1814 was a great fact is that monetary history. It. was .ollowed, as you well know, and have reason, perhaps, to recollect, by two sus pensions, by the occurrence of two periods when no Ministry was ready to be responsible for maintaining the act in ope ration. Zhe last of those suspensions was followed by a Parliamentary inquiry, and the experiences obtained from day to day during the crisis of 1857 forced in the main the substance and basis of the deliberations of the committee of 1858. Since that time no legislative change had occurred; but an administrative change has occurred under the very able and enlightened Government. The hank of England has taken a modified and altered view of its functions, and has, as you well know, attempted to secure by prompt and early action, by a close conformity to what appe +red to be the economical law of the question, that security and stabi lity for the mono ary law which the previous system of ad ministration had not been able to effect. Under these cir cumstances I hope it is unnecessary for me to assure you that her Majesty's Government, that department of it which is charged with this special responsibility, are not more alive than they ought to be to the deep interest of the circumstances which may occur from day to day. From day to day they are followed with the closest attention, and then they see every cause to repose their confidence in those by whom the great central institution at the head of our monetary transactions is now manae-ed and administered. There is, however, one lesson to which the peculiar circumstances of the time peculiarly point—it is the lesson that for the successful and safe prosecution of com mercial enterprise, British prudence must be combined with British energy and spirit. (Cheers.) Now, a few words upon the larger and broader features of the time in which we live. Reference has been made in the address of the Financial Association to myself as the follower of Mr Huskisson and Sir Robert Peel. (Cheers.) There is no title, if indeed I may arrogate it to myself, by which I would more desire and more rejoice to be known. (Hear, hear.) To them, tr.) others who preceded, accompanied and followed them, I am glad to owe the instructions on which I have feebly and humbly endeavoured to act. (Hear, hear.) I may, indeed, say that I owe to the parsonal influence of Sir H. Peel the particular manner and degree in which it has been my poli tical lot to follow, a commercial and fiscal career in Parlia ment, But the lessens of the time, the lessons drawn from the past, the expectations connected with the future, are indeed of a deep, ant I may almost say of an overwhelming interest. I should exhaust even your patience if I were to attempt in this hall, or in addressing any other assembly of my fehow countrymen, to follow the development of the cha racter and resources of the legislation of which we have all been witnesses, and to which mo t of us in one form or other have been parties, some of the results of the great changes introduced into the commercial system are obvious, and lie upon the surface. We see from the figures which daily meet the eye, the vast expansion of our trade. 'We know from other but not less palpable experience, that the expansion of trade has not been merely a commercial or material ques lion, but that it has been fraught with moral, social, and political results—that it has bound us together as a com munity in a manner in which we were nut bound before, and has made us all rejoice as we never so fully rejoiced before in belonging to the country of which we are the happy inhabitants, (‘ heers.) But even these are not the bounds and limits of the effects produced by the system of commercial legislation especially associated in Parliament with the names of Huskisson and Peel, especially asso ciated in Parliament and elsewhere with the names of others, some of them my colleagues in the Government, some of them not my colleagues, but men whom I am glad to recognise as teachers in the school of true economy, such as Mr Cobden, whose name has been mentioned already—(heer, hear)—and, going further back, let us do justice to that old economist of our country who first of all was the bold and efficient pioneer in making known to the people the truths of economic science, Dr Adam Smith, and not less than him, to the enlightened and courageous Minister, Mr Pitt, who became the champion at a date so early of those truths in his place in Parliament, as the responsible Miniser of the Crown. (Hear, hear.) A marked effect of the adoption of freedom of trade upon which I may congratulate you is that, along with the ex tension of commerce, it has given far greater staLility to commercial operations, whatever may be the inconvenience of the crisis which we have now to undergo. I do not speak of such a case as the cotton famine, due to causes which are beyond our control, but of the crises which occur from time to time in the commercial world in connexion with the va riation of harves's, the fluctuating supply of the respective articles of commerce, and the consequent state of the money market. Whatever, I say, we may think of these things, we must agree that there is a great mitigation in the fea tures of these crises as compared with what formerly oc curred under the ancient system of pro. ection and monopoly. Whereas before the adoption of freedom of trade there were many of those who hoped it would be extended who yet feared that the extension would be accompanied with some degree of instability, experience has shown that, with a vast enlargement of the scale of trade, there has also been a broadening of its basis and a great mitigation of the evils which attend its occasional disturbances. (Hear.) This question also has aspects and results reaching far beyond the narrow bounds of the island in which we live. We have adopted in a great degree the principle of freedom of trade for ourselves, and stand on the well understood basis that everything in the nature of a protective duty is unsound and bad, and that everything in the nature of a revenue duty should be brought down to as low a point as the ne cessities of the country will permit. There is still a rich and abundant harvest to be reaped. Jt is a harvest which will be found in foreign countries. If an enormous impulse has been given to trade in this kingdom by the conduct of the British Legislature, what will the impulse become when our example has been followed by all the other Legislatures and Governments of the civilises world ? (Hear.) As to the Treaty of Commerce with France, the obvious and pal pable consequences which flowed from the direct operation of its written terms were those of, the least importance. It may possibly happen that we shall fail to retain all those markets in France which we have got, because such are the ingenuity and skill of the French people, such are their ex panding energy and their ready acquisition of commercial habits, as well as their accumulation of capital, that no doubt in every competition they will be able—and, I trust, be able fairly to hold their own. But I own for myself, and I may say as much for others, that we have looked beyond the mere terms of that treaty—first of all, to one great fact in the moral order,and second,to another great fact in the material order of things. The great fact in the moral order is that the commercial treaty laid the foundation of a closer union in feeling and spirit between the two greatest nations of Europe. (Hear, hear.) The great fact in the material order was this. We know very well what was the language held abroad. So long as the adoption of the principles f free trade was confined to the British Legislature, the lan guage held may be summed up in these words. They charged us thus—they said, "You have mounted to wealth by the ladder of protection, and having got there, you have kicked it down, and now you want to prevent us from tread ing in your path and attaining to the same position that by means of protection you attained." That was totally un true. Protection did not lead us to wealth; protection had impeded and deferred our progress on the way to wealth— but, although it was untrue, yet we must admit it was also plausible. It was an argument diffi cu lt for us to refute— but when F rance i n the very midst, i n t h e very h ey d ay o f her protective system—under I must say the enlightened manful guidance of her present ruler—(cheers) —and through the great material inflame:3°f Mr Cobden—(cheers) —who I must also regard in fairness and justice as having been unecniably the great source of this important mea sure—when France proclaimed herself, in principle at least, and in great part in practice, a convert from the ancient system, then I think we were able to bring an unsuspected witness into court, and I frankly own that it is to the ex ample of France that I confidently trust as being morally certain to draw after it in this beneficial course, one after another, more quickly or more slowly, and all the worse for those who are slower, but still draw after her, by a certain chain of cause and consequence, the final accession of every civilised Legislature and every civilised people to the principle which consecrates freedom of intercourse between man and man, between country and country. (Cheers.) But now, Mr Mayor and Gentle men, I hope it was not needful for me in addressing the presidents of theirs associations to use s►rong, laboured, ar tificial expressions in assuring you on behalf of her Majesty's Government, as well as on my own individual behalf, that with this great encouragement in our views and recollec tion, we, too, shall be studious according to our means'and opportunities in the search for occasions and means for the further application of these principles which have produced benefits so incalculable to our country. (Cheers.) Allow me, however, to point out that there are certain general rules from which we should be wrong to depart. I see in the able address which Mr. Jeffcey presented, or I think I detect a latent principle, on which my own peculiar posi tion as Minister of Finance I confess I look with a certain degree of suspicion. He wants to promote public economy by making the paymant of large taxes insupportable. Direct taxation, I admit, if we were to proceed upon abstract principles, is a sound principle ; but, gentlemen, have some compassion upon those whose first neeessity, whose first duty it is to provide for the maintenance of public credit — (hear)—to provide for the defences of the country—to pro ♦ide in every department for the full efficiency of the public service. (Cheers.) I wish I could teach every political philosopher and every financial reformer, to extend some indulgence to those who would ascend along with them, if they could, into the seventh heaven of speculation—(laugh ter)—but who have weights and clogs tied to their feet which bind them down to earth, and render it necessary for them to infuse large dilution, large participation of secondary matter into that system of abstract reasoning by which, it they could, they would be very glad to be guided. That; is an important reservation from me. Allow me to say that I trust that at no time will any Government be induced for the sake of seeking favour with the belief—and I am quite sure that in seeking favour they would fail to find it—let no Government be induced under the notion of abstract, ex tensive, sudden, and sweeping reforms to endanger the vital principle of public credit, or to risk throwing the finances of the country into confusion—(cheers)—but subject to these imitations, I, for one, trust that progress will be the law of our Legislature in that as well as in every other particular, and in that particular not less than in any other. I am very glad to think t hat among the sources to which we may now look for the progressive extension of fiscal reform we may, I trust without too confidently reckoning on the future, calculate a steady increase on the revenue of the country. (Cheers.) Indeed this is no matter of secondary import ance. There was a time,—and that time is within the re collection of almost the whole of us,—there was a time when the revenue of this country was nearly stationary. In an important period marked by many and most beneficial changes in every respect—the important period between 1830 and 1810—a period which was almost barren in mea sures of commercial and fiscal improvement, the increment of the revenue was almost imperceptibly slow. But it is now our gratifying duty to record from year to year, quite independently of the progress of the imposition of any new taxation, a considerable increase in the public receipts, as the result of that increasel activity of capital and industry which has been imparted to the various industrial classes of this country. There is a source upon which indeed we can not reckon with confidence from year to year, because cir cumstances may interfere to break the continuity of pro gress, but upon which, in looking over a series of years, I think we may reckon with considerable confidence, and which ; therefore, leads to the belief that we have as yet by no means arrived at the term of fiscal and financial improve ment; but there is one consideration on which, in conclud • hag these remarks, I will briefly touch. It is fraught with so many topics of reflection, brings into view so much of the future, it extends over so many departments of the deepest human interest, that even to touch upon it almost appals the mind. We all remember that before the repeal of the corn laws we were told that we should get into a state of dependence on foreign supplies. (Hear, hear.) Let us do literal justice at least to the prophets from whom these menaces proceeded. We have fallen into a state of dependence upon foreign supply. (Hear, hear.) Prima facie, therefore, the prophecy is justified ; but yet when we state what that prophecy really meant—because the real meaning of it was this, `. You will obtain your corn from abroad, and your fields at home will remain unculti vated"—that was their full predictions—l need not ask whether that full prediction has been verified or not. As far as my knowledge goes, the fields of this country continue to be cultivated. I believe that those who are happy enough to be possessed of any portion of the lands of the country still continue to receive some rent for those lands. (Laughter.) In point of fact it is not only that they continue to be culti vated, but there is a great deal better cultivation than ever. It is not only that they produce as they did before, but they produce a great deal more than they ever did before. It is not only that they produce more than they did before, but it is this—that they produce what is less in the character of the mere necessaries of life, and what is more of the charac ter of the comforts, and in addition in one sense, let me say, the luxuries of life for the mass of the population. It is that which has increased the general progress? in the condition of the country, and which has made us dependent on foreign supply, because we find it cheaper and better to get our corn from abroad ; but, gentlemen, at the same time there is something I believe almost unprecedented, nay, - tis regards any great country, something quite unprecedented, in the condition of a nation whose commercial position might now be defined as ours, Nearly one-half of the essential food of the people of England—l mean grain—is cultivated and raised in other lands, and perhaps I might say, indepen dently of food, nearly one-half, possibly for aught I know it may be more than the one-half, of the whole materials of the labour of the country are produced in other lands. What is the condition of a country whose industry is dis tinguished by features like these? Here is opened to us a vista almost interminable, because we are not only depen • dent, but we are increasingly dependent on foreign supply. I see indeed, and I see with joy, in the figures of the Cus tnnas' revenue, that there is a decreasing duty on foreign grain, because a small revenue from that source means abundance at home and cheapness in the main essential ele• mint of the subsistence of the people. That is the case com paring one year with the years that are nearest to it; but if we look a little further what must we expect ? Population and trade have grown enormously, but have they reached their limit ? Have your dock walls reached their limit I' Has the extension of Liverpool reached its limit ? When I was a child its population was 100,000; now it has more than quadrupled its numbers. Is there any reason why the rate of that increase should be slackened in the future ? For my part, I know of none. If it please God to preserve to us the inestimable blessing of peace— (loud cheers)—l know no reason why the trade of the country should not continue to extend with the population of this country—should not continue to grow—(cheers)—why along with the growth of the population in mere numbers the powers and efficacy of the metal agents at work within it should not also continue to grow in future times as they happily have grown during the last 30 years—(cheers) ; and 1 know no reason why we should refuse to accept the benefit Provident:; thus offers us in the increase of numbers, of power, and, as we believe and trust, of happiness and virtue, because we see, and must piainly see, that it will be and must be accomplished from day to day with increasing dependence on foreign supply. (Cheers.) For, gentlemen, when we consider the matter, what does dependence upon foreign supply mean ? It means, I humbly trust, progress, the substantial progress towards that state of things which may still be remote, which r ei ther we nor our children may live to see, but yet which we may hope lies in some happy future—that state of things in which the intercourse between nation and nation, pro duced by human industry, the blessed result of that law of labour which Providence imposed on our first parents and all their descendants, shall weave a web of kindness by the incessant action of the interchange of commodities be tween country and country, shall diminish progressively the force of those motives which dispose men to violence and aggression,and shall progressively surround and increse the power and efficacy of those motives which incline men to live in concord, amity, and love with one another. (Loud cheers.) lam not insensible—none of you can be insensible —and still less can any one responsible for public affairs be insensible to the gravity of the question which must be en countered in the working out the great problem before us. What is to be the condition of a country with respect to the necessary element of the means of defence. What is to be the state of the maritime and international law of the world P How far the rules hitherto applicable to its conduct are safe good, or wise, or require alteration or modification by the joint consent of the nations in order to meet the exigencies of coming times ? All these are questions which must be examined and must be brought in due time to their solution ; but beyond, and above, and beneath, and around these questions is embraced the destiny of our time, and the ex tension of those great laws of industry and exchange which are a wider and a larger fulfilment of the beneficent design of the Almighty in giving different productions to different climates and countries of the earth. My belief is that the law of that extension will prevail, and that as our depend ence on foreign supply increase we may become more and more pledged and bound to a policy of peace and justice, to setting a good example of moderation and wisdom, and pro moting the influence of every principle that conduces to the happiness both of ourselves and of our fellow men among the various surrounding nations of the earth. The right hon, gentleman resumed his seat amid loud and enthusiastic cheering. Three cheers were given for the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, three for Mrs Glsdstone, and a vote of thanks to the Mayor closed the proceedings. At a special meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of Liverpool, held at 11 o'clock, Mr Grainger, the preeP ent, in the chair, Mr Horsfall, M.P., moved, and Mr Brocklebank seconded a resolution enrolling the Chancellor of the Ex ceequer as an honorary life member of the Chamber. This was winded with acclamation. All address to tho right hon, gentleman was also adopted. SPIRIT OF THE PITBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—It is so good a thing to hav done with a little war that better news could hardly be desired than was brought by the telegram from Cairo. The war in New Zealand is at an end s or, at least, we may assume as much from the substance of the de spatch. At at interview held on the 6th of August between the Governor of the colony and the natives the latter tendered their submission to the autho rity of the Queen. Not only did they submit, but they submitted unconditionally, and even " placed their lands at the Governor's disposal." If, therefore, as we trust, the surrender was made on behalf of the insurgents generally, if no refractory tribe still stands out, and if the whole Maori nation was reprea seated in this act of submission, we may reasonably persuade ourselves that we have seen the last of these inglorious and expensive conflicts. The Maories themselves did not conceal their belief that this war expressed their last struggle against civilisa tion, and if it has now been terminated, not only by absolute defeat, but by the forfeit of the very lands for the sake of which it was undertaken, there must be an end, we may hope, of such struggles for the future. It is reported that the Government will not be severe in the exaction of penalties. A" small portion" only of the forfeited lands will be actually confiscated, the rest being restored to the hands of the occupiers. With this decision we have no desire to quarrel, nor can we indeed express an opinion . upon proceedings of which the outline only is at present known; but though we should deprecate anything like vindictiveness or tyranny, it would obviously be injudicious to invite a renewal of re bellion by an excess of leniency or indulgence. Mr Gladstone has just expatiated to a Lancashire audience on the prodigious and almost in. supportable responsibilities entailed by our Co lonial Empire, and if a special example of these embarrassments had to be selected it would be found in our relations with New Zealand. In all the 45 separate States, for the welfare of which we have made ourselves accountable, there is not an other such crop of political anomalies. We cannot consider the natives as entitled to cur sympathies, and yet we cannot acquiesce in the demands of the colonists. The war, as far as it concerns its cause, was a just war, but it was conducted at the expense of one people for the benefit of another. 'I he mother country was called upon to expiate the errors or to promote the interests of the colonists at its own charge, while it had little influence over the political system out of which wars arose. At the same time it was almost to be expected, of course, that wars would come. By whatever minor questions parti cular quarrels might have been complicated, there was at bottom but one cause of war between the M stories and the British. That cause was land. The Maories, though ostensibly disposed towards civi. iisation,and caressed by a certain party as promising converts from barbarism, claimed to live and move after the true fashion of savages on the territory which they occupied. Reclaimed as they were in part from their original habits, and instructed, to all appearance, in pursuits of industry, they de manded the preservation of their hunting grounds like genuine savages. There was probably some cunning in all this. In devising so many obstacles to the purchase of land the chiefs probably wished to impede the progress of the settlement which they felt to be encroaching upon them. Every square mile of land added to the colony was so much weight thrown into a scale already in clining in favour of a superior race. If the growth of the settlement could be stopped at all, it must be by rendering land unprocurable, and this the Maories strenuously endeavoured to accom plish. They tried to enclose the colonists in little strips or blocks of land, beyond which no extension should be made, and thus to range at large them selves while they confined a more numerous as well as a more civilised population to a corner of the soil. We need not speak about the hopelessness of such an e•,periment. That a handful of savages, with a territorial title which itself depended oa con quest, and very recent conquest too, should think to deprive a colony of Englishmen of the rightsof even acquiring land by purchase, was a pretension quite outrageous in its absurdity, and one which could never be sustained. When once we este. Wished ourselves on the soil of New Zealand the course of events was inevitably marked out. The two races were brought into contact with interests necessarily antagonistic, and it was certain that the superior race would prevail. Humanity would teach us to mitigate as far as pos sible the lot of the natives, but that the natives should claim to put arbitrary limitations to our natural progress was an idea too preposterous to be maintained. It has been exploded, we hope, at last. The Maories are not to be hardly dealt with, but they will not, we suppose, be permitted to declare that the lands over which they range are for ever inalienable. We have met, however, with no such people as these Maoriea in all our wide experience. Let the reader understand that these savages, who have kept a strong colony and a British army at bay in this marvellous fashion, and who have in flicted defeats on British troops in the field, are ac tually fewer in number than the settlers themselves. • They ate not a swarming nation of barbarians en- compassing a little colony of strangers. Tneir claim to the land of the country is like the claim of a feudal aristocracy. Measuring by population, our wants are greater than theirs already, and are rapidly becoming greater still. We believe it is seldom that a native army has comprised a thousand men. Generally we have found that the force op posed to us have been less than half that strength. These little bands, toe, have been scantily supplied with arms and munitions. The Maories manufac tured percussion caps out of button tops, and second hand bullets, and extemporised a variety of substi tutes in their needs with an astonishing amount of ingenuity. In the art of fortification they were ab saiute masters, and to this gift, probably, more than to any other cause, we may attribute their long and often successful resistance to our arms. With an unerring instinct in the selection of ground, and an almost incredible skill in design, they would con struct i❑ a short time a " pah," or fort, which it taxed all our resources to capture. They discovered the valae of rifle-pits, and would leave the ground in front of their defences literally honey-combed with burrows. They could even adapt the detence to the attack. When first an Armstrong gun was brought against them, the new weapon disconcerted their tactics and demolished their fort, but when the next pah was attacked it was found that they had calculated the effect of the piece, and had pro vided against it with the utmost cleverness. That all these wonderful aptitudes, combined as they were with a true martial spirit, have availed them nothing in the end is only what might have been expected from a comparison of their resources with with ours, but probably so small a nation never gave a great people so much trouble. Let us hope this trouble is now over once and for all, and that what appears to be an absolute and decisive victory will be improved to the utmost by a judicious and well-tempered policy. We wish for no vindictive reprisals, but it is of real importance that the Maories should be deterred from thinking again of war, and that the colonists should have such fair opportunities of progress as are zequired for the enterprises and pursuits of peace. POST.—A strange story comes from India. The mail informs us of a singular inversion in the rela tions of a Governor with a Secretary of State, It appears, according to this statement, that Madras and the India-office are at issue, and that the India office cannot command the obedience of Madras. Sir William Denison, the Governor of the Presi dency, in a word, refuses, it is said, to give effect to the instructions of Sir Charles Wood regarding that portion of the old Company's service known as their permanent European army. For the sake of argu ment, the awry may be assumed to be more or less true, although it probably contains a fair amount of exaggeration. We will not, therefore, be understood to prajudge Sir William Denison in passing judg ment on the story as it reaches us from India. The principal question at issue appears to be, whether the officers of the permanent European corps of the East India Company, in accepting their transfer to the military service of the Crown, were to receive precisely the same pay and allowances under the new system as they had experienced under the old one. It is not the first time that either the Govern ment of Madras or the European force of the old Company have been at loggerheads with their supe riors. Both have already been in open rebellion against the Indian Government. The differences, however, between Sir Charles Trevelyan, when he held the Government of Madras, and Lard Canning are now forgotten; and the untoward event of the mutiny of the European troops of the Company is an event, we hope, never to happen again. But by a curious combination of both the elements in the former differences, the Government of Madras is now represented as the supporters of the wrongs of the permanent European troops. If, however, we were to criticise this information by the light of its own internal evidence, we should be additionally disposed to question its accuracy, at any rate in point of detail. Two grounds are stated for Sir Wil liam D.Neison's alleged refusal to carry out the order of Sir Charles Wood. These instructions are de scribed as being " contrary to the royal wishes, and as a flagrant violation of the guarantees granted by the Imperial Parliament to the officers of the " army of the late Company." Those who are in clined to give credence to the literal truth of the whole assertion would be curious no doubt to learn how Sir William Dsnison, at Madras, becomes a better expositor of the " royal wishes" on this sub ject than the Secretary of State whose despatches are written in the name of his Sovereign. We may be permitted to doubt whether Sir William Denison has had the temerity to set himself up as as expositor of the Tiewe of her Majesty in OPPeo ;e , sition to his own effioiai chief at the India-d a l,: If, holvev r, on the other hand, pledges (I v irfj'e, by Parliament, at the time n t the ilium India into the British empire, which have been set e at naught by the Secretary of State, is God's 112 . 1:6 00 let the pledges ba fulfilled. Sir William De° lB , lo is reported to declare that the manner in which l e d permanent European regiments have been office,t_. has been unjust, illegal, and contrary to a Farli_sa mentary guarantee. It is quite possible, ind ee d probable, that some diappoin t men t may exist anti those who have put too favourable a constructs° poration upon the arrang-ments entered into in regard: their :own claims. But, at the same time, w„ should be slow to believe that Sir William e D n iso i ; had taken up the claims of discontented officeto„o the manner in which he is here reported to bal d done. If the decision of Sir Charles Wood in: conveyed the palpable injastice that is conveyed such words as these, other Governors baby have entertained similar sentiments. Governor of Bombay would have come to the sai d conclusion, whatever might be the course hew li ve have actually taken. The Viceroy of India, ° be er , all, would have had his own opinion in the matt ed and if any well-grounded dissatisfaction exis•__ upon the subject, it would have been much bettl would ?if: expressed by the Viceroy than by the Governor C. Madras. It would be tedious, and even pretnatorret to enter at length into the subject of the utt cle o , standings arrived at between the Home Goc er i ll ment and the European corps transferred, orig ins i„ 1 / in 1858, from the service of the Company to that 0 the Crown. But we have certainly not seen all cas e . of bad faith in the carrying out of that arrang e ment by any means substantiated, If it is t ‘ li t opinion of one of the Indian Government either that the terms agreed upon have not been carried olit°o that justice in the abstract has not been done t o t h e officers of the regiments transferred to the ssr yl be of the Crown, it is competent to them to bring ul . o , question again under the consideration of the b b() office. But it would be inconceivable that t , Governor of a distant province, the immediate riet, presentative of his Sovereign there, should pub lie. l and officially hold up to indignation the terms P„ forward by the Imperial Government as a violati% both of faith and justice. Sir William Denie cti fi t a civil functionary on whose temper and jadgto'c e great reliance has been placed by those who been thrown into communication with him. It lig e be remembered that when Lord Elgin found him ° , obliged to relinquish the responsibilities of gove c t ment, he chose Sir William Denison as the reciP ie , i n t of his authority until a new Viceroy should be se" 10 out from England. Such a tribute offered to I L prudence and wisdom, apart from his general au: cedents, ought to preclude him from a hasty elia damnation on the authority of intelligence even, e „ character commonly found to be accurate. If, ho ever, the state of affairs announced by the loint mail should prove in any degree to be accurat e ' will become an important practical question to or termine whether the Governors of the different Pre , do nut possess too much power indep er dently of the Governor-General. We should Writ have to consider whether every functionary oug b / not to be liable to removal at the will of the Viee r,,l o and Council of India. Since the system of the th re u Presidencies was manufactured, a century egt,b administrative centralisation has sprung up ll' renders the old scheme of government obsolete, Railway and telegraph communication have r e b ri h r e dered it easy to transact all government, except 1 " mere details of local administration, from a course centre. If this facility were carried out in practic e ,: we should hear no more of these diff erences betwee" Madras and the other centres of political auttiotill. COUNTRY MARKETS. BIRMINGHAM—THURSDAY. A fair demand for English wheat in our market to-d" 1 and last week's quotations were rath e r hi g h er . In fore l b" also the demand ruled fair at higher rates. Barley as before' —English wheat was sold at 40s to 44s for white, sT,',to to 41s per 36 stone for red. Barley, new malting, 0" 3 0t 35s per qr ; grinding, 25s to 28s. Oats, old, 24 5 to _ per 30 stone ; Irish, 20s to 245. Beans, 448 to 46s per clii peas, 38s to 40s per 36 stone. MANCHESTER—THURSDAY. thi 4 There was a tolerable attendance at our mar.e morning, which sold slowly at about last week's Pr ie l Flour also dull, and we quote prices same as last morle day. Oats were in limited request, while oatmeal mus t iz noted 6d per load cheaper. Indian corn and beans wer e favour of buyers. BURTON. ON-TRENT—THURSDAY. There was an average show of wheat at our market W t ; day, which met a fair demand, at improving prices. made former rates, and a fair inquiry. Beans rather sl° at downward rates. Old white wheat..44s to 47s New do. 42s to 46s Malting barley....34s to 37s Grinding d0.....26s to 30s Old red wheat, 4ls to 41 O N:: do. 3280; t t o o 4 0 1 ' Beans 3BO to 44 BURY ST. EDMUND'S—WEDNESDAY. There was a good supply of both wheat and barley 11 %1, C) day's market—the former met a b e tt er d eman d at ''" week's quotations, and the latter was unaltered in price. EDINBURGH GRAIN—WEDNESDAY. 81 To-day there was a good supply of country wheat. os' slow, and fully as dear as last week. Wheat on the top Os 8d up .average Os 2d Barley on the top Os 6d down.......average is Id dow! Oats on the top le 6d down. .....average Os 4d &Ivo Beans on the top is Od up... average Os 9d UP. Total Supply and Sales. Wheat ... 14 79 qrs Sold 606 qrs 8ar1ey........1665 qrs Sold 1224 qrs Oats Beans Bl qrs Sold 71 qrs Aver age Prices. 20s 1° 1 ; Wheat., Barley 26s 2d I B e an s .... 438 ' tr' Town. made fl ,ur sells as follows :—White, 375; e x superfine, 355; superfine, 335; fine, 31s. GLASGO W—WEDNESDAY. This day's market was pretty well attended. Wheat Sill flour ruled dull at last week's rates; barley a slow sal e ' 6 9 j a decline of 6d per 3201 b. Oats receded 6d, oatmeal o and peas and Indian corn 3d to 6d per boll and load. 1 3 ' unaltered Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. ekustralla and Mauritius, via Southampton. ..Oct 19 ' v;a Marseilles Jrazil and Cape Verde, by Briti s h p ac k e t. Nov. 4 ' L)ape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena .. .. o O c ct ti 1 '2 39: 'hina, Penang, and Singapore, via Southanipton.Oct. 1 3, via Marseilles ...Oct. 1 Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Oct. 11 India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Oct. 1 9 via Marseilles Oct. 13, India (Bombay), via Southampton via Marseilles Oct. s'; Portugal.... Nlalut, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Oct. a l l ' via Marseilles Oct. :, Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo:.. .. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet Oct. 13 ' by U.S. packet . by Canadian packet Oct. i FALMOUTH, Oct. 12.—The Southern Rights, Richmond, for Rangoon, which arrived here this daYt r , ports having been c a pt ure d by th e Fl or id a an d re l ea sed WA bond on Aug. 22, in lat 7 N, long 27 W. THE GAOL CHAPLAIN QUESTION AT PRESTO.' There is some prospect now of the gaol chaplain difficu l at the Preston House of Correction being settled, At t ' beginning of the week paragraphs were going the rout to the effect that opposition had been raised to the appli c tion cf a grant of £4O made at the last session of magistral of Lancashire in the purchase of vestments, &c., for t Roman Catholic service in the above gaol. Since then 3 Goss, the Catholic bishop, has, we understand, written Mr T. B. Addison, of Preston, to the effect that the vt named will not be accepted, and that the money need for the purchase of articles required in the service will provided by the Catholics themselves, Births. ARMSTRONG,—On the 7th inst., at Florence, Major Cairns Armstrong, late 15th Regt., of a son. CRADWICK.—On the 9th inst., at New Hall, Warwio shire the wife of John De Haley Mavesyn Chadific Esq , late 9th Lancers, of a daughter. WARD.—On the 10th inst., at 2, Ta%istock-terrace, / 38 ,) water, the wife of Edward Ward, Esq., bar r ister-at 46 of a daughter. Marriages. COCHRANT—BLACKALL —On the 15th Sept., at Freeto , Cathedral, the Hon. E. G L. Cochrane, Comdr. R• t youngest son of the late Earl of Dundonald, to Adelei ( only daughter of His Excellency Major Blackall, of C lamber Manor, co. Longford, Ireland, and Governor Sierra Leone. WESTLAKE—HARE.—On the 13th inst. ' at Hook, Sur ri John Westlake, of 16, Oxt or d- square , London, barristi at•law, to Alice, daughter of Thomas Hare, of Gosbl hill, Kingston .on-Thames, barrister. at-law. Deaths. GRUCHY.--On the 9th inst., at St. Helier's, Jersey, A bi haul de Gruchy, E q., aged 84. GOODE.—On the 13th inst., at Ryde, Mr. John Goode, 9, Park-road, Holloway, and of 10, Upper King_ft re Blo,catibury, aged 38. HALFORD.—On the 12th inst., at his residence, City-reo Finsbury •square, Edward Halford, Esq., DM.K•C' L.S.A., aged 45. KATZ,—On the 12th inst., at 27, Clifton road east, Ss i John's-wood, Wm. Katz, Esq. LUCAS, —On the Bth inst., George Lucas, Esq., J•F" Newport Fagnel, Bucks, aged 78. SWEETLAND.—On the 11th inst., at Pau, France, Char F. B. Sweetland, Esq., aged 43, London: Primed and Published by WILLIAP&ANDE. of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Inn Sus Office No. Strand, In the Precinct of the Savoy, n the c Q uAti aliddletez.rialsy l OctvDer 11,1864 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVIMNING, OCTOBER 14, 1864.